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Adidas Predator

“It’s loud and wow and bold!” FFT chats to the designer behind the new Adidas Predator Freak boots

By Mark White

The Adidas Predator boots are an icon in football culture - the brand new Predator Freaks are set to shake up the game once more

Cherno Samba

"I felt like I'd failed": Cherno Samba on life after being a Championship Manager wonderkid

By Cherno Samba

As a teenager, Cherno Samba shot to fame as one of the great Championship Manager wonderkids. He reveals how a career that failed to live up to those expectations became a heavy burden

Football Manager

Football Manager 2021: FM director Miles Jacobson on pandemics, politics – and which players to sign

By Mark White

Do real managers ask Miles for tips? What are the best new features? And is the creator of Football Manager any good at the game itself?

Nicklas Bendtner and Arsene Wenger, Arsenal

Nicklas Bendtner recalls ‘biggest argument’ with Arsene Wenger: “I called him a w***er so he would have to sell me – but it didn’t work”

By FourFourTwo Staff

Speaking in the new issue of FourFourTwo, divisive striker Nicklas Bendtner claims he tried to rile the Arsenal boss into giving him a transfer

Nicklas Bendtner

Nicklas Bendtner explains Emmanuel Adebayor bust-up against Tottenham in 2008

By FourFourTwo Staff

Danish forward Nicklas Bendtner says he never really got on with his Arsenal strike partner in the latest issue of FourFourTwo - and reveals his favourite team-mates

Jude Bellingham

Jude Bellingham names the surprising Borussia Dortmund team-mate who stuns him in training

By FourFourTwo Staff

Jude Bellingham is surrounded by world class team-mates, but his answer may surprise some people

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Sven-Goran Eriksson

When Sven-Goran Eriksson came to England – and braved the xenophobic storm

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Action Replay When Sven-Goran Eriksson took over as England’s first foreign manager in February 2001, he faced a staggering 'welcome' from high-level officials and gutter-level tabloids. Fifteen years on from his arrival, Steve Anglesey explains why – and what happened next 

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Cherno Samba

"I felt like I'd failed": Cherno Samba on life after being a Championship Manager wonderkid

By Cherno Samba

As a teenager, Cherno Samba shot to fame as one of the great Championship Manager wonderkids. He reveals how a career that failed to live up to those expectations became a heavy burden

Ryan Mason

Ryan Mason: “I have 14 metal plates in my skull, with 28 screws holding them in place, and 45 staples. And I was a lucky boy”

By Ryan Mason

Between The Lines Ryan Mason was part of the same Tottenham academy generation as Harry Kane, but after representing his boyhood team and his country, his life took a different turn – one which left him lucky to be alive at all

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Diego Maradona

How Diego Maradona almost missed the 1986 World Cup - due to a "Venezuelan madman"

By Chris Flanagan

Diego Maradona's starring role in Argentina's World Cup success almost never happened after a crowd swamping the star got out of control

diego maradona at napoli

Diego Maradona, the movie: What the documentary on his time at Napoli teaches us about the life of one of football's greats

By Steve Hill

Diego Maradona's tale is one of talent, adulation, drugs and the mob – El Diego's incredible time at Napoli is a story of how a legend can grow, and how it affects the person at the centre

Wales v England, poor v "rich" – it's Wrexham vs Chester

By Andy Mitten

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are about to become Wrexham's new owners, and the first port of call should be learning the local rivalries. Back in 2006, Andy Mitten went undercover in North Wales to meet two unfriendly neighbours...